Packing-box for photographic plates.



A. B..SHE1 PARD.l PACKING BOX FOR PHOTOGRAPHIG PLATES.

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PACKING BOX POR PHOTOGRAPHIG PLATES. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 14, 1907.

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AULEYv B. SHEPPARD, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PCKING-BOXv FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.

To all 'whom it may concern."

Be it knownthat I, AULEY B. SHErr-ARD,

of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Boxes forPhotographic Plates, of

which the following is a` specification.

The present invention has particular reference to certain improvementsin the package shown and described in Letters Patent granted ineDecember 3rd,.1907, No. 872,761.

One object is to provide plate-confining slides of improved;construction, such improvement having reference tothe effectiveexclusion of light; alsoy the formation: of the box or package withreference to. the insertion and withdrawal of the slides..

Tith these and other." objects in view, as will presently appear, theinvention consists in the novel features of construction, andi in thecombination. of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed andillustrated by thel accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a verticalv sectional view of a package constructed inaccordance with. the

improvement, the same being shown. partially filled with plates andslides and with the inserting device in position for placing the slidestherein. Fig.. 2 isasectional plan view showing one of' the' slidespositioned in the package by means of the inserting device. Fig. 3illustrates in elevation a portion of the slide-insertiiig end of thepackage,and aV portion of the package in section, part of the endcovering being also shown. Figs. 4 and 6- are views, greatly enlarged,ofv

portionsk of the package and slides in longitudinal section, Fig. 4showing the manner of inserting the slides and the position there-- ofwhen inserted, and Fig. 6 illustratingthe slides when inserted and themanner of withdrawing the saine as when discharging they Fig. 5 is anedge view, enlarged, ofr

plates. one of the slides'. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of theslide-inserting device.

Referring tothe drawings, the frame ofy the package is preferablyconstructed. of'

inserting slots 4,y whilein end 3 are-the slots through which the slidesare dra-wn outward,

5 designating the deeper or larger inner portions of said slots, and 5"the narrower outer portions. It will be understood that a photo-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application. filed- November 14,. 1907.

' number of plates.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.r

Serial No. 402,110.

graphic plate P is confined between adjacent slides, the package beingconstructed to receive a half-dozen, dozen, or any other desired The topof the package is closed by the wood or paper' board 6, and

. the outer facev of end 2 is covered by a similar light-excluding board6 afterv the package has'- been filled.

Each. of the plate slides7 may be formed of a double thickness of paperof suitable -weight or gage, one piece being preferably used' which is`doubled upon itself, S designating' the doubled or turned: end. Thisformation brings the free edges 9 and 10 of the two thicknessestogether. The extremity of end 9 is preferably folded backwardly at 9,and this fold, together with eXtrem-ity 10, gives a three-ply thicknessat that end of the slide, said end being referred to hereinafter as therear end. The two thicknesses or layers of the slide are preferablypasted together at opposite sides of the center, while the centralunpasted portion affords space for-the blade-like slide inserting'tool12, provided with. handle l.2., and at its opposite end with. tongue oilprojection 13 which pierces the folded end 8 of the slide, thusmaintaining a secure hold thereon sov that the movement of the slidewhen being inserted may be positively controlled..

When the slide is in position in the package, the three-ply reary endthereof wedges within the inlet or insertion slot 4 and tightly closesthe same against the admission of light. For similarly sealing thewithdrawal slot at the opposite end of the package, the doubled slide iscrimped transversely at 14, the effect of which is to so thicken. thesame that it tightly wedges within the inner and larger portion 5 ofsaid slot .so that no light may enter.

ving tool is facilitated by the beveled or enlarged entrances 4 and 5,respectively, of slots 4 and 5.

Projection. 13 of the inserting device operates as a wedge for enteringsaid device gg i 901,200

and the slide first in slot '-.t and then in slot 5, 5', the presence ofthe inserting tool bouw ing upward the adjacent portions 2 and 3 of thepackage ends, as shown in the enlargement of Fig. .t, said partsreturning to no1'- mal position when the inserting tool is withdrawn, aswill be understood. When thus positioned, the thickened rear end of theslide closes slot t, and crimp ist is lodged within slot-porlion 5,while the front or doubled end 8 projected through the end of thepackage, to be grasped by the operator for withdrawing the slide whenremoving the plate which it contines. The outward pull of said endcauses criinps llin the flexible material to so straighten (see nearbottom of F ig. C) as to pass outward through the contracted outerportion 5 of the slot, and when the slide full)7 withdrawn, itsthickened rea-r end is lodged within slot-portion 5, when the slide maybe torn oil at the line or perforations 1.5, leaving the slot closedagainst the entrance of light, as shown at bottom of Fig. O. After thepackage is lilled, the outer face of itsl inlet end is sealed bycovering ('i so that no light may enter through slots 4t even after allof the slides have been withdrawn. Instead of tearing off the withdrawnslides, they mai7 simply remain projected through the end of the packageand be reinserted if it is desired to again use the package for exposedor other plates. Extremities 8 of the slides may be turned backward7 asshown in Figs. l and 6, and protected with a paper covering 16.

The improved package is adapted at its face opposite cover G to makelight-excluding connection with a plate holder for the passage ct'plates from one to the other, as shown in my above mentioned patent. Itmay, however, be used simply as a conr niercial plate package withoutregard to such connection, the plates being removed in a dark room, asheretofore.

l claiinzw- LThe combination of a plate package ha ring slots throughopposite walls for the passage of a slide, and a slide inserted throughthe slot in one wall and entered in the slot in the opposite wall forwithdrawing through the latter.

Q. The combination of a, plate package having a slot through one wallfor the entrance of a slide and a slot through the opposite wall for thewithdrawal of the slide, the entrance slot being deeper than thewithdrawal. slot, and a slide inserted through the eiitrance slot andentered in the withdrawal slot, the slide having a thickened end whichwhen the slide in place fills the entrance slot.

3. '.lhe combination of a plate package having an entraiice slot.through one wall thereof and a withdrawal slot through the oppositewall, the outer portion of the withdrawal slot corresponding in depth tothe thickne s of the main portion of the slide and the inner portion ofsaid slot and the entrance slot being relatively deep, and a slideextended through the entrance slot and into the withdrawai slot, theslide having a thickened end which when the slide is in place lills therelatively' deep entrance lslot and which thickened end tills the .innerand deeper portion of the withdramil slot when the slide is drawnoutward.

t. The combination of a plate package having an entrance slot and awitht'lrawal slot in opposite walls thereof, and a slide insertedthrough the entrance slot and withdrawn through the withdrawal slot, theslide having thickened portions which close the slots against theadmission of light.

5. The combination of a plate package havinga slot for thc passage of aslide, and a slide crimped to increase its thickness for lilling theslot.

t3. The combination of a plate package having an entrance slot throughone wall thereof and a straight Withdrawal. slot through the oppositewall, and a slide inserted through the entrance slot and withdrawnthrough the withdrawal slot, the slide being crimped to close when inplace the withdrawal slot.

7. The combination of a plate package having an entrance slot in onewall and a withdrawal slot in the opposite wall, the en trance slot andthe inner portion of the withdrawal slot being deeper than the outerportion of the withdrawal slot, and a slide inserted through the slotsand having a thickened end to till the entrance slot, the slide beinelcrimped transversely between its ends to lz the inner enlarged portionof the withdrawal slot.

8. A slide for a plate package consisting of a piece of flexiblematerial doubled upon itself, the free end of one of the double portionsbeing folded upon itself to lnfovide a double thickness with thecorresponding portion of the other part overlalviping said. doubled end,for the purpose described.

t). A slide for a plate package lcrimped transversely, for the purposedescribed.

10. A slide for a plate package consisting of a piece of flexiblematerial. doubled upon itself with portions of the adjacent faces of thedoubled parts secured together and with part of the space between saidfaces open, for the purpose described.

ll. The combination with a plate package slotted for the insertion of aslide, of a slide consisting of two layers of material, and an.inserting device introduced between the lalvers for forcing the slideinto the slot ott.' the package.

l2. The combination with a package slotted for the insertion of a slide,of a slide .jagainst the doubled end therefor for consisting of a pieceof flexible material doubled upon itself, and an inserting toolintroduced between the portions of the slide and adapted to bear againstthe doubled end thereof for forcing the slide into the slotted holder.

13. The combination with a plate package having slots formed throughopposite walls thereof, of a slide adapted to enter through one slot andbe withdrawn through the other slot, the slide being formed of a pieceof HeXible material doubled upon itself, and an inserting toolintroduced between the portions of the slides and bearing inwardlyforcing the slide into and through said slots.

J. M. N ESBIT, F. E. GAITHER.

